Max is one of the great grandsons of James Fountain Cooper, Frances is Max's wife and Gloria is a distant cousin who's ancestor was Thomas Jefferson Cooper believed to be related in some way to our Washington Arnold Cooper. Gloria has attended three of the "Cooper Basin" Coopers' reunions and is a member of the Cooper News Group that was founded by Jim Brock.  Gloria is an ardent genealogical researcher and has been searching for the link that will bind several other Cooper lines together which may include Washington Arnold Cooper's line.